Bellaspira melea
| Bellaspira melea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Bellaspira |
| Species: | B. melea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cymatosyrinx melea Dall, 1919 | |
Bellaspira melea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Panama.
References
- ↑ Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 September 2011.
- ↑ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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